Today and Saturday will be pleasant, but stifling heat is on the horizon

The good news, weather-wise? Today and Saturday are going to be pleasant days, especially for July in Southern Indiana.
The bad news? It's going to gradually return to the hot, sticky conditions that the Ohio Valley is accustomed to in July.

"I would enjoy today and tomorrow while we can," said National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Meffert. "Because after we get past today and tomorrow, the heat will be coming back."

Today's weather forecast includes a predicted high temperature of 83 degrees — six degrees below normal — sunny skies, and a gentle breeze. Although there is a officially a 20 percent chance of a shower on Saturday in the forecast, the humidity should still remain low during the day, Meffert said.

After that, though, it should start to feel a lot more like mid-July, said Meffert.
Sunday's high is expected to reach the upper 80s and a small chance of rain will remain in the area. Meffert noted that the forecast for the middle of next week includes highs in the lower 90s but suggest that it could push higher than that soon.

"As we get into Sunday, the humidity comes back ... it's not a day to cancel plans, but just be aware that there may be something that happens," Meffert said. "If it does happen it will be brief. It's not going to be an all-day rain or anything like that.

Then, we're going to start felling the heat a little bit after we get into the latter half of the weekend and early next week, and it's just going to build from there."